Personal foul: Charging premium price for a poor gaming experience. EA. Loss of 1 big Madden fan. Game already traded.
Graphics: Great. Sickeningly great. What do I mean by that? I mean that I'm sick and frigging tired of companies making games that look good, but play like total crap. Ninety-Nine Nights = good example. Madden '07=even better example. The character models are very nice, but because they tried to work so much damn shine into the game, it suffers from some SEVERE framerate drops. Stadiums look decent, but the font used to identify your active athlete looks too big and blocky.
Sound: Horrible commentary. Where's Madden? I buy Madden to hear Madden. This game has some guy on a radio broadcast doing all the commentary. What a freaking joke. I bought this game to hear some exciting play calling, but you won't find it here. Impacts sound ok, but man..zero innovation. Probably due to zero motivation.....
Control: same, same, same. There's nothing new here. Same hit stick, same everything. I wish there was something to say, but there's really not on this topic.
Gameplay: I bought this game at the same time as the god-awful creation known as MLB 2k6. I played this game for five minutes, literally didn't even finish the first quarter, and shut it off..went back to MLB for the love of god. Seriously, wow. Anytime you complete a pass its a touchdown. The A.I. is absolutely horrible, and half the time you'll score even rushing. It's just sad all around. I'd like to spend more time on this review...actually....no I wouldn't. This game doesn't deserve more of my time. More stripped features on the 360 version this year, more of the same junk, once again polished graphics...Madden has really jumped the shark with this edition. Rental? Nah..save your money. Purchase? Definitly not. There's just no REAL NFL game out there right now on 360 and, thanks to the monopoly of EA, there won't be anytime soon.